Fatal crash profile · Model

Hyundai Sonata

Compared with Hyundai · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
2,000
Fatal crashes
1,988
Deaths inside
1,103
Other deaths
1,157

Between 2020 and 2024, 2,000 vehicles described as Hyundai Sonata were involved in 1,988 fatal crashes in the United States. 1,103 people died inside these vehicles and 1,157 people outside them (occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists) died in the same crashes.

Counts show how often this vehicle appears in fatal crashes. They also reflect how many are on the road, so they are not a safety rating. See how it compares with other cars or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year
Category Vehicles
2020 373
2021 460
2022 420
2023 391
2024 356

Reflects how many of these vehicles are on the road as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

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Deaths

Who died in these crashes

49%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Hyundai: 51%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 199 220
2021 245 285
2022 234 234
2023 224 217
2024 201 201

Other road users are occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists killed in the same crashes.

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Crash factors

Speeding, drinking and night-time crashes

17%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About the same as the share for Hyundai: 16%
  • About 90 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

17%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.1 times the share for Hyundai: 15%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 18%

55%

of these vehicles crashed at night (6pm–6am)

  • About the same as the share for Hyundai: 51%
  • About 1.1 times the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Hyundai Sonata Hyundai All vehicles
Driver speeding 16.8% 15.9% 19.0%
Driver drinking 17.3% 15.5% 17.7%
At night 55.0% 51.2% 49.3%

Share of vehicles in fatal crashes. Speeding and drinking are as recorded for the driver in police reports.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 1,460
Cloudy 272
Rain 132
Fog, Smog, Smoke 24
Snow 9

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Daylight 862
Dark - Lighted 534
Dark - Not Lighted 483
Dusk 45
Dawn 35

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Where

States with the most crashes

States with the most of these vehicles in fatal crashes
Category Vehicles
Florida 283
California 163
Texas 160
North Carolina 97
Georgia 95
Illinois 77
Ohio 75
Alabama 66
Pennsylvania 64
Tennessee 63

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Hyundai Sonata by model year

Models and model years with fewer than 10 fatal crashes have no page of their own.

Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Dec 25, 2021 Houston, Harris County, Texas 1
Dec 25, 2021 Kerens, Navarro County, Texas 1
Dec 25, 2021 Massena, St. Lawrence County, New York 1
Dec 23, 2021 Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa 1
Dec 23, 2021 Fresno, Fresno County, California 1
Dec 21, 2021 Birch Tree, Shannon County, Missouri 1
Dec 19, 2021 Venango County, Pennsylvania 1
Dec 19, 2021 DeKalb County, Georgia 1
Dec 19, 2021 Hillsborough County, Florida 1
Dec 18, 2021 Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina 1
Dec 18, 2021 Lakeland, Polk County, Florida 1
Dec 17, 2021 Zephyr, Brown County, Texas 1
Dec 17, 2021 Polk County, Florida 1
Dec 14, 2021 Fauquier County, Virginia 1
Dec 14, 2021 Onalaska, Polk County, Texas 1
Dec 12, 2021 Bradley, Raleigh County, West Virginia 2
Dec 12, 2021 Cook County, Illinois 1
Dec 12, 2021 Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida 1
Dec 12, 2021 Parker, Douglas County, Colorado 1
Dec 10, 2021 Louisa County, Virginia 1
Dec 10, 2021 Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida 1
Dec 9, 2021 Lincoln County, Missouri 2
Dec 7, 2021 Hockley County, Texas 2
Dec 5, 2021 Moore County, North Carolina 1
Dec 3, 2021 Humphreys County, Tennessee 1

Compare Hyundai Sonata with another vehicle

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. Vehicle make and model as decoded by NHTSA's vPIC service. "All vehicles" covers every vehicle with a known make.